It's time to go back to normal and start reviewing bands. To start, I recently heard about this band. Just this year a friend of mine introduced me to them and I gotta say, I like their music. They were formed around 2003, but made their debut album in 2006. Their first single, recorded 2006, was #1 in an international metal chart and received many awards including best vocals, best guitars, best drums, and more. They've had many ups and downs, but in the end, it's the music that makes everything happen. This band is called Threat Signal.
Threat Signal is a Canadian Melodic Death Metal band formed in 2003. It consists of Jon Howar, vocals, Pat Kavanagh, bass, Travis Montgomery, guitar, and Norman Killeen, drummer. They only have two albums, Under Reprisal and Vigilance.
When I first heard this band, I thought it was going to be just an average sound, like every other melodic death metal band sounds like. It sucks that most of those bands, after having 2 or more albums, start sounding metalcore than melodic death metal. It's sad to know that, but oh well. The first album sounds alright, it's pretty friggin' awesome. Then the second album, you can say they sounds the same. We'll see right now, just read further.
"Under Reprisal" 2006
When Threat Signal made this album, they had a different lineup in the members. Due to personal problems and whatnot, they had to get new members. Well, when I heard this album, I was amazed. I didn't have any idea what I was going to get myself into. I just thought it was gonna be same band there that say they're good, but it's the complete opposite. Knowing that I love Sonic Syndicate, when I heard this band, it reminded me of them, just less better. Still, this album is awesome. The single from this album, Rational Eyes, was the first song in the tracklist. It's a great choice to start an album, it makes you want to know what else is in this album that sounds like the single. The song after, As I Destruct, sounds pretty sad, which, off the bat, is bad. After knowing theres a sad-ish song, right after that song comes a song that kicks your ass, One Last Breath. As soon as you think next couple of songs sound the same, just wait until you listen the next single, A New Beginning. That song starts slow and then it just gets fast and quick paced. Seriously, if you've never heard of this band, now you have. And now that you know, go listen to them, you won't feel empty. This album is 8 out of 10.
"Vigilance" 2009
After listening to "Under Reprisal", I was blown away. I expected this album to match with the past album and it certainly did. Awesome riffs, fills, and breakdowns are throughout this whole album. My favorite songs are Afterlife, Through My Eyes, United We Stand(only the intro), Beyond Recognition, and most of the other songs in this album as well. The only thing I have to say is that most of these songs are long. They get pretty boring after a while. Sometimes it's good to have a long song, but only if it kicks you in every way possible, but certain songs in this album doesn't really do so, which I disapprove. So, this album gets a 7 out of 10.
Well, that's all for this review. It felt a bit awkward writing this review since I got used to saying what I thought of every song in every Slipknot album, so I'm trying to get used to doing what I used to do, reviewing the album, not every single song. This band is an 8 out of 10. I can see them do more successful in the future. There isn't any recent news, just that this band is touring with Dark Tranquility and some other band I can't figure their name out. If you want to know more information, visit their Myspace (they don't really have an official page yet): http://www.myspace.com/threatsignal.
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